Woodmont Rod and Gun Club Map, Directions and Open House Schedule
Back in 1995 the property of the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club, aka Woodmont Natural Resource Management Area, near Sideling Hill WMA was transferred over to the fine State of Maryland. The State, never one to invest funds into parks, recreation, forests and such, promptly handed to property to this organization, The Izaak Walton League of America to "manage" the property. The state holds an open house twice a year so us commoners can get a looksee into the place.
The 2009 Open House Schedule for the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club is:
Saturday May 9, 2008 hours 10-3
Saturday September 19, 2008 hours 10-3
There is no entrance fee
Here are the directions to the facility:
Take I-68 to Woodmont Exit 77, continue on Woodmont Road for 5 miles south and watch for the red signs for the Woodmont Lodge. The lodge is located at 11761 Woodmont Road.
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Even though the state still owns the Woodmont property, there is no available map of it on the Internet. The fine state of Maryland has provided me with a couple of paper maps of Woodmont, I have also referred to the DNR Sideling Hill Map. All the maps are different. I have taken the liberty of creating my own map of the Woodmont property, this was hand drawn by me to the best of my abilities. Feel free to use it.
Update 11/07/10 I see a lot of hits on this particular post of people trying to find out the location of the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club. I've also received some updated mapping software that actually has the border of the Sideling Hill WMA on it. So I figured somebody might be interested in an accurate Google Map of the WMA. This should be transferable to your Smartphone if you know how to work with Google Maps.
View Woodmont Rod and Gun Club in Google Maps so you can transfer the maps to your "My Maps" page.
My new beaver friend at Loch Raven
The little forest creatures seem to like me. I don't really know why. I was at Loch Raven and I came upon a beaver. First, beaver wasn't too impressed, he splashed me several times with his tail and the water was cold. I chatted with him and then he decided to follow me along the shore. I sat down and he got out of the water and started to itch. I guess beavers spend a great deal of time itching. I made a short video of the itching beaver.
Here is the slideshow of beaver and some other stuff I saw.
Directions to Mutton Top Cabin, map;Mutton Top Cabin Weekend
For anyone that wants to know how to get to Mutton Top Cabin, here is a printable paper map with pictures:
Here is a Google Map:
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Directions: Go to Stanardsville, VA. Take Route 33 West for 6 miles. Take a left on Goose Pond Road. Drive 1.5 miles until you see a gate. Park your car. Pass gate and walk .5 miles on the road until you see the cabin.
Our fun:
Keith invited several of his friends for a cabin weekend at a PATC cabin called Mutton Top. About 15 people from PATC Cadillac Crew, HoCo Sierra Club and MCOM. There was significant snow cover on the mountain making the Vining Tract, where the cabin was located, very beautiful. I organized a bushwhack/hike from the cabin to the AT and along some roads. Keith, James, Lisa and myself used the PN20 GPS to get from the cabin to the AT and then down some roads. It was a lot of work to figure out where we needed to go to get up on the ridge but once I had everything planned the hike went very well. We found some coyote and bear prints in the snow, as well as some bear hair left on a fence. Keith found the bear den and wanted to say hello to the bear but I strongly suggested we move along, I want to wait a bit to have my inevitable first bear interaction for 2008.
Everyone left on Sunday and I opted to stay another day to close up the cabin. When I woke up this morning, Monday, it was 0 degrees in the cabin and the olive oil froze. In the slideshow I have some pictures to prove I cleaned that cabin spic and span. Keith did a great job with the organization of the weekend and a very good time was had by all.
Here is a Google Map:
View Mutton Top Cabin in a larger map
Directions: Go to Stanardsville, VA. Take Route 33 West for 6 miles. Take a left on Goose Pond Road. Drive 1.5 miles until you see a gate. Park your car. Pass gate and walk .5 miles on the road until you see the cabin.
Our fun:
Keith invited several of his friends for a cabin weekend at a PATC cabin called Mutton Top. About 15 people from PATC Cadillac Crew, HoCo Sierra Club and MCOM. There was significant snow cover on the mountain making the Vining Tract, where the cabin was located, very beautiful. I organized a bushwhack/hike from the cabin to the AT and along some roads. Keith, James, Lisa and myself used the PN20 GPS to get from the cabin to the AT and then down some roads. It was a lot of work to figure out where we needed to go to get up on the ridge but once I had everything planned the hike went very well. We found some coyote and bear prints in the snow, as well as some bear hair left on a fence. Keith found the bear den and wanted to say hello to the bear but I strongly suggested we move along, I want to wait a bit to have my inevitable first bear interaction for 2008.
Everyone left on Sunday and I opted to stay another day to close up the cabin. When I woke up this morning, Monday, it was 0 degrees in the cabin and the olive oil froze. In the slideshow I have some pictures to prove I cleaned that cabin spic and span. Keith did a great job with the organization of the weekend and a very good time was had by all.
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